Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines is opening his first restaurant in London

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04 June 2025
Chef Michael Caines won a Michelin star for his restaurant at Lympstone Manor, and has previously held two stars at Gidleigh Park. But until now, the chef hasn't opened anything in London.  That's now...

Mayfair gets a new boutique hotel with The Shepherd Mayfair

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04 June 2025
There have been a lot of fancy new Mayfair hotels opening of late, from the Mandarin Oriental to the upcoming Chancery Rosewood on Grosvenor Square. And now another is added to the list, with this...

Lardo is opening Bastardo, its new next-door wine bar

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04 June 2025
It's been promised for a few weeks and now Lardo's new wine bar is nearly upon us. Bastardo is opening right next door to the popular East London pizzeria, and as their window proclaims, it's...

Rastro is Leather Lane's hip new sandwich bar

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04 June 2025
A few years ago we brought you the news about an interesting new Mediterranean sandwich bar Rastro, which had just opened up in East London. Now the same team, which included two Allegra alum moving...

HBR brings smashburgers to Victoria via Kuwait

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03 June 2025
The current smashburger craze shows no sign of slowing down and a brand new addition (at least to this country) has just arrived in Victoria. HBR first started in Kuwait, and this London opening is...

A crazy Guinness milkshake is coming to London

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02 June 2025
Even before the opening of the big new Guinness HQ in Covent Garden later this year, there's been talk of whether we've yet reached "peak Guinness" in London (our feature suggested not). Well, this...

With a bar in the old banking vault, Aki is a swanky new Japanese opening on Cavendish Square

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02 June 2025
London's old banks have proved to be a rich source of venues for London's restaurant and bar scene in recent years. Now, over on Cavendish Square behind Oxford Circus, a £15 million refurb of a...

Kerb is launching a weekly street food market in White City

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02 June 2025
A new street food market comes to London, courtesy of Kerb. They're heading west for the first time, opening in White City Place. There will be seven traders on offer at all times, in a line-up that...

Is Richard Caring's Le Caprice coming back to Mayfair?

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01 June 2025
3/7/25 update - We've been hearing that Le Caprice might not be opening here after all. We'll have to wait and see. Original story follows. It had been rumoured for months, but now we have...

A Twin Peaks diner and a Wes Anderson bar are both popping up in London this summer

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30 May 2025
We love a well-themed pop up and this summer, London has two good ones to choose from. To start with, there's the Wes Anderson-themed takeover of the bar at Bob Bob Ricard in Soho. The downstairs...

Tom Kerridge's Butcher's Tap is being relaunched as The Chalk Freehouse

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30 May 2025
Earlier this week, there was news that Tom Kerridge's Chelsea pub, The Butcher's Tap and Grill was closing, with the team behind it saying it gave them "an opportunity to regroup, rethink and...

Noren sake and sushi bar is taking over the Roji space in Mayfair

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28 May 2025
We'd been wondering what would happen to Roji omakase bar, since chefs Tamas Naszai and Tomoko Hasegawa moved over to open the excellent Himi in Carnaby - and now we know. Next door to Chisou in...

Thomas Straker opens all day restaurant and deli Acre in Notting Hill

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28 May 2025
Chef Thomas Straker is making things easy on himself with his second restaurant opening, as it's just a few doors further down from his eponymous restaurant in Notting Hill. Acre is being described as a...

Barbarella is going to be Big Mamma's sexy new Canary Wharf restaurant

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26 May 2025
26/5/25 - updated with the opening date Almost a year ago we brought you the news that the Big Mamma group (Circolo Popolare, Gloria, Carlotta et al) were setting their sights on Canary Wharf. Now...

Rick Stein classic dishes are popping up at Fortnum's

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23 May 2025
You'll see Rick Stein restaurants all over Padstow, but at the moment his only London outpost is in Barnes (a notably great restaurant for riverside dining). But if you fancy trying the chef's...

London gets its own Guinness Storehouse, in Covent Garden's Old Brewer's Yard

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23 May 2025
Updated 23/05/25 with new 2025 date Following in the footsteps of Dublin and Edinburgh, London is the next capital city to get its own huge city-centre brewery/distillery. Guinness are apparently...

Ole & Steen are launching a Cinnamon Social gelato - and they're giving away free scoops

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22 May 2025
Promoted feature If you love a visit to Ole & Steen, you'll be very familiar with their signature bake, the Cinnamon Social. It's already had something of a makeover for the summer months and now...

French smashburger hit Dumbo is heading to Shoreditch

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22 May 2025
A year on from their fellow Parisians Junk Burger arriving in London, Dumbo and their smash burgers are also crossing the Channel. Of the two burger companies, Dumbo were the first to introduce...

Clapham gets a new Michelin-level sandwich truck in Outside by Trinity

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21 May 2025
Anyone working from home in Clapham is going to have a hot new place to hit up for sandwiches when the new sandwich truck at Trinity opens up. Called Outside by Trinity, it's taking over the...

Theo James joins Carousel co-founder Ed Templeton in opening Lupa restaurant in Highbury

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21 May 2025
As Highbury locals ourselves, you'll have to forgive us for focusing more on the fact that actor Theo James is also apparently our neighbour, than the news that he's opening a restaurant here. But...
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